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Date

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Hand loom

1825-1835

Half-penny coin

1806

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

1850-1859

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Pair of dental forceps

1820-1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

A.B.C. telegraph transmitter, 1835-1845

1835-1845

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Phrenological (Spreading) Calipers

1820-1850

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Railway bridge section

1850

Seal die, Great North of England, Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 3rd Class open railway carriage, 1834

1834

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway, composite 1st & 2nd class railway carriage

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 2nd Class railway carriage, 1834

1834

Lancet case, carved with pictures of Napoleon's tomb

1821-1850

Original preparation of quinine hydrochloride by Pelletier

1810-1840

Silver lancet case, empty

1833

Original preparation of quinine acetate by Pelletier

1810-1840